(a) The governing body shall approve the scope of all
neonatal services and the facility shall classify its capability in providing a
range of neonatal services using the following criteria:

(1) LEVEL I:
Full-term and pre-term neonates that are stable without complications. This may include, small for gestational age
or large for gestational age neonates.

(2) LEVEL
II: Neonates or infants that are stable without complications but
require special care and frequent feedings; infants of any weight who no longer
require Level III orLEVEL IV neonatal services, but who still
require more nursing hours than normal infant.
This may include infants who require close observation in a licensed
acute care bed

(3) LEVEL
III: Neonates or infants that are high-risk, small (or approximately 32
and less than 36 completed weeks of gestational age) but otherwise healthy, or
sick with a moderate degree of illness that are admitted from within the
hospital or transferred from another facility requiring intermediate care
services for sick infants, but not requiring intensive care. The beds in this level may serve as a
"step-down" unit from Level IV.
Level III neonates or infants
require less constant nursing care, but care does not exclude respiratory
support.